Doorways to Poetry Author:Untermeyer, Ward, Stauffer This book is a tutorial about poetry, not a compilation. Soe of the chapters are: Why Poetry? Prose or Poetry, Hurdles to Enjoymnet and how to take them, Music, meaning and memory, Rhythm, Rhyme, The material of Poetry, The Words of Poetry, Words as sounds, Words as Pictures, Words as sensations, Telling a story in verse, In the first person,... more » How Poetry is built, The Sonnet, and finally Appreciation of Poetry. There is much more. If you are serious about poetry, or want to be a poet, or just want to appreciate what you read more, this is the book for you.« less